My First 2DOF Joyrider Flight Simulator

My current plan is to connect one end of a bar to the motor's drive shaft and the other to the gimbal frame. This seemed like the easiest assembly I could think of. I am currently concerned about stopping the motor at the thresholds.

Below is a [terrible] photo mock of how I was thinking about attaching the motor to the joyrider gimbal frame. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Michael.

Hi @noorbeast,

Thanks for taking time to look at my build! After you pointed it out I am concerned as well. I would now like to mount the motor on the ground and use threaded rods and couplings to make it safer. I took a look at some of your builds and they are awesome! I would like to try and adopt the rod and coupling assembly that you have used. I had a question about some of the parts that you have used, because, unfortunately, I don't know what they are. I have attached one of your photo's and circled the parts. I would like to try and use something like this to attach my motor to the joyrider gimbal frame. What are they? I would like to try and purchase them if I can.

Thanks for all of your help!
Michael.

Hello look at this : http://www.ebay.fr/itm/like/330877608225?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=97

Rotule type unibal femelle M10

I like that concept of yours. Seems to be good for a flight simulator (not that I know much about it - it's more a gut feeling). I'm trying to get some information about what's the most suitable system for flight sim, but I find it very hard to find something on the net. My seat mover diy rig with rear traction loss should be done by the end of this month. I decided to add some mounting plates for the joystick and the throttle before it goes to the powder coater...no space for the rudder pedals of course.
You mentioned belt drive and I wonder if it's possible to use these servo motors which are being used for direct drive sim wheels (OSw - small or large Mige).
Cheers

Hi @Icefox,

Thanks for the information, that helped me out alot! I was able to translate it to an English variance, which is
ROD ENDS/HEIM JOINTS/UNIBALLS

Thanks again for your help,
Michael.

Ok, de rien ;-)

HI @Thirsty

I think these motors can be used for this application. My hope/goal was to get a greater degree of movement on my flight simulator. I have made some modifications to my designs based on some input from community members. In my research I have seen the belts used the way I had described. I tried to look for the build that I had seen this on but I fell a bit short in my recollection. I will continue to look for where I saw this and post a reference to it for you when I find it.

After talking to a few members about this I think the main concern I came away with was:

• keeping appropriate tension on the belt
• making sure you could stop the motor if something failed, i.e. potentiometer failure

I still have not settled on an approach for the motor mounts or configuration but I will keep you posted on what I find.

Thanks,
Michael.